The Rauner administration is also touting what it says is the success of merit pay at the Illinois Lottery, but does that mean it'll work across government? Meanwhile, the Illinois Supreme Court is getting a new chief justice, and more details surface about the recent abrupt resignation of Rep. Ron Sandack.

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